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Originally Posted by Crusader
Currently Amazon performs checks on the IP and I'm assuming on the country the Kindle is actually used. Recently there has been quite a number of reports of people receiving notices from Amazon informing them they need to provide proof of US residence after they used the workaround to buy US restricted books. So the Kindle store is more difficult to bypass the restrictions and you run the risk of having your account closed.
With Fictionwise it seems to be easier to use the workarounds. A valid US address is all that's needed when paying via a CC. On rare occasions you need to use a proxy to download the purchased book once. After that you can use your account normally and it stays available for download without any checks.
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Gottcha. I do recall Dr. Drib and a couple of others receiving that email though I haven't heard of anyone having their account closed (so far). It would freak me out to receive that kind of email, so I appreciate the desire to avoid it.
